State v. Brown

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Troy Lamar Brown,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-287

Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed April 29, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia;
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia;  and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Troy Lamar Brown appeals from
his guilty plea to first-degree burglary and assault and battery with intent
to kill.  Brown contends the circuit court judge erred in accepting his guilty
plea without properly advising him of the sentencing consequences he faced. 
Brown filed a separate pro se brief, arguing his plea should not have
been accepted because: (1) he was not advised of the sentencing consequences;
(2) he was not afforded a competency hearing; and (3) the indictment for first
degree burglary failed to describe an aggravating circumstance of the burglary. 
After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s brief pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C.
116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss [1] Brown’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215, SCACR.